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Germany

Two convicted in death of student

A court has convicted a man of raping and murdering a Chinese student last year and also convicted his ex-girlfriend, who testified that she lured the victim into an abandoned building at his demand, of sexual assault. News agency dpa reported that the Dessau-Rosslau state court sentenced the main defendant to life in prison on Friday and his girlfriend to five and a half years. They were also ordered to pay damages totaling $71,100.